ICLR slammed for poor score discrimination: 4-point scale squeezes papers into one narrow band
TuhinChakr · x · 2026-11-07
A widely quoted complaint argues ICLR's biggest problem this year is broken score discrimination: an odd 4-point scale crams nearly all papers into a narrow score band, and combined with wildly uneven reviewer quality, it made this the worst ICLR reviewing experience for authors. The poster strongly agrees.
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